The courier I was sending my parcel with went bust over christmas and I had to go and pick it back up yesterday. It will be in the post again tomorrow.
Thank you to my secret santa for the pirate plasters (band-aids I believe you call them), playing cards and magnetic pirate poetry set :)

I'd like it to continue.
And there is no reason why you yourself should cover all the presents for the people who's secret santa hasn't sent them anything. Next year if this happens let me know and I will also help to send out gifts for the neglected participants :)

I've sent mine off but unfortunately missed the cut off day by one day for parcels getting to the USA before Christmas. It should still arrive either before the New Year or the week after if the postal service isn't to screwed up from the Christmas rush

Yeah I can do that. I need to get into book binding anyway as have a few navigation related books I want to reproduce. I might treat myself to a course on it later in the year.
you only need to look at the titles of some of the 17th/18th century dissertations to get an idea of how you can stretch a couple of word title into a short essay.

very interesting. I wonder if by drawers he means sliding drawers or removable trays that lift out?
It would be interesting to get hold of an actual sea surgeons journal and see if he had written an account of where each Medicine stands. Are there any still surviving?